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Uganda's Oil Production Timeline: What to Expect in 2026 and Beyond

With the long-awaited Final Investment Decision behind us, Uganda's oil sector is entering a critical phase of infrastructure development.

Jane Atim · Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read

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Electricity Aug 17, 2022

Uganda Braces For Load Shedding As Electricity Generation At Isimba Halts Temporarily

Parts of Uganda are set to experience electricity load shedding for the next month or so following the temporary shutdown of the 183MW Isimba Hydropower Plant in Kayunga District on August 8, 2022. According to a Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) statement, the shutdown was undertake…

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Electricity Jun 27, 2022

UK’s Gridworks To Invest $90m In Uganda’s Electricity Transmission

Following an agreement with the government of Uganda, Gridworks, a UK development and investment platform will provide up to $90 million in equity funding for the refurbishment of various substations in Uganda to help address the capacity constraints at four important spots on the national grid. Ear…

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Electricity May 27, 2022

Uganda Needs $10 Billion To Build Nuclear Power Plant

Uganda will need at least $10 billion to build, own and operate its proposed Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), a top government official has told us. Expected to be commissioned in 2032, the country will use the sovereign-based model where a state nuclear company will be formed and handed ownership of the …

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Electricity May 11, 2022

Uganda Moves Closer To Nuclear Energy Dream

Uganda has finally picked a site on which it intends to build a nuclear power plant. The site is a 30km2 stretch of land in Buyende district in Busoga region, about 170 kilometres from the capital Kampala. The choosing of the site was one of the most critical decisions government needed to make as i…

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Electricity May 6, 2022

Africa Can Help Solve The Energy Crisis

By Yoweri Museveni The discovery of oil in Uganda has been cause for celebration at home. Predictably, however, the Lake Albert basin oil project – which marks a milestone in Uganda’s ambition to become an oil producer and exporter – is being met with criticism from developed and already industriali…

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Electricity Apr 5, 2022

CNOOC Applies For Power Generation License

CNOOC Uganda Ltd has formally applied to government for a license to generate and sell electricity from the gas resources at its Kingfisher oil field. The company sent its license application to the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) with the intention of installing a 39.1MW gas to power project…

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Electricity Mar 9, 2022

Tariffs To Drop As Govt Takes Over Jacobsen Thermal Plant

Uganda’s electricity generation tariff is expected to drop by about 18 per cent after government took over the operation and maintenance of the 50MW Jacobsen thermal power plant in Namanve, the largest such project in the country, a government statement has revealed. The power plant, which had been …

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Electricity Jan 31, 2022

Bantu Energy Seeks Generation License For Uganda’s First Geothermal Plant

The Electricity Regulatory Authority has received an application from Bantu Energy (U) Limited for the generation of 10MW of geothermal electricity, which, if approved, will be the first such project in the country. The license application is the boldest step yet taken by a company seeking to genera…

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Electricity Dec 20, 2021

Subsidies Return As ERA Announces New Electricity Tariffs

DEI – Nearly 10 years after Uganda scrapped electricity subsidies for consumers, the government has reintroduced a small window for such financial relief, with the beneficiaries being only two industrial parks. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, said last week that gov…

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